Steam Punk 6 - Concert
Title: Steam Punk #6
Type: Concert
Year: 2015
It was a well documented event when the Smithsonian Museum of Curiosities and Oddities acquired this instrument from undisclosed sources but it was a sad day shortly thereafter when the instrument mysteriously disappeared from the collection. Luckily, before it went missing researchers did have the opportunity to examine and discuss the piece and it was determined to have been made in the south of occupied West Germany shortly after World War II ended. Who and why it was made is still undecided. The copper used in its multi-plate construction was determined to have been sourced from nearby French mines. The style and technique of the rivets is also French. Recently this instrument re-surfaced on the Black Market where it was purchased by an anonymous collector.